Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Department of Conservation and Recreation
Virginia’s working farms and forests, battlefields and other historic sites, natural areas, parks and rivers are critical to its economy, culture and quality of life. In 1999, the assembly and governor established the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation (VLCF) to fund protection of these resources. The interactive map below depicts VLCF-grant projects funded since 2000.
| Name: | Pickett’s Harbor Natural Area Preserve: Lake Allure Woods (withdrawn) |
|---|---|
| Category: | Natural Area Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY21 Round 2 |
| Acres: | 44 |
| Locality: | Northampton County |
| Management Agency: | Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation - Natural Heritage Division |
| Owner: | State |
| ConserveVirginia: | Natural Habitat & Ecosystem Diversity, Floodplains & Flooding Resilience, Protected Landscapes Resilience, Water Quality Improvement |
| Amount Awarded: | $142,298.00 |
| Applicant: | Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation - Natural Heritage Division |
| Latitude: | 37.197259 |
| Longitude: | -76.001114 |
| Description: | DCR’s Natural Heritage Division received funding to support the purchase of a 44-acre open-space easement to protect high ecological value, mature maritime forests that adjoin Pickett’s Harbor Natural Area Preserve and the largest natural lake known on the Eastern Shore. This forests provide exceptional value for songbirds and lie within the mapped Delmarva Migratory Animal Stopover Habitat conservation site, which is Virginia’s only site mapped for a significant aggregation of fall migrating bird species. The area supports one of the largest concentrations of landbirds along the Atlantic Coast each fall, comprising nearly 200 different species (representing about 70 percent of all breeding bird species in North America. This project was withdrawn. |
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